Tag: ENN

Huge swaths of North America are facing subfreezing temperatures this week as cold Arctic air pushes southward. 

A Cornell-led research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, to organic materials.

Plant collections are full of surprises.

A research team led by the University of Southampton and UWE Bristol  has shown wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) can be both sustainable and biodegradable.

A new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global increases in wildfire activity likely occurred during periods of abrupt climate change throughout the last Ice Age.

One of the hardest-working organisms in the ocean is the tiny, emerald-tinged Prochlorococcus marinus.

More than half a billion years ago, a meteorite struck Earth near the Antarctic Circle, leaving a divot several kilometers in diameter.

Academics from Northumbria University are part of an international research team which has used data from satellites to track changes in the thickness of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Scientists have engineered sugarcane and sorghum to take advantage of rising levels of carbon dioxide, allowing these crops to grow bigger.

After several years of service under harsh weather conditions, the rotor blades of offshore wind parks are subjected to degradation and surface erosion, releasing sizeable quantities of particle emissions into the environment.